Judge keeps Behrman records sealed

A Morgan County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday morning that autopsy, anthropology and coroner reports in the Jill Behrman murder case will remain sealed.\nAccording to the written court order, the documents should be off-limits to the public because there's an ongoing legal investigation, and the Morgan County Coroner's Office and the Indiana State Police used "sound" logic and reasoning when they requested that the documents remain sealed. \nThe Bloomington Herald-Times and the Indianapolis Star brought the hearing to court on the premise that keeping these reports sealed violates the Indiana Sunshine Law. But Judge Thomas Gray ruled that the law was not breached in this case. \n"...Until the public trial of this matter, documents such as this should remain sealed such that further investigation if appropriate can be conducted using these sealed documents as a tool of their investigation," the order reads.\nBehrman, then an IU sophomore, disappeared May 31, 2000 during a morning bike ride and hunters found her skeletal remains in a wooded area of Morgan County in 2003. John R. Myers II has been charged with her death and will stand trial Sept. 18 in Morgan County, according to a May 26 IDS article.\nBehrman's death certificate is public record.\nCheck www.idsnews.com for further updates.